Let's talk bee suits.

[Bridget]

I banned wire coathangers years ago. You must send your clothes to the dry cleaners then!

[Neils]

I've not tried the suits themselves out yet, but I do have to mention Bee Basics for their customer service.

Last Saturday I started to wonder why there were so many bees inside my suit. The zips on my suit were broken so I ordered a cotton and micro fibre suit from bee basics and a refractometer. When nothing had turned up on friday I rang them up. They knew what my order was and explained the refractometer hand't come in yet. I explained that I needed the suits and please could they at least send me one suit.

This morning both suits turned up, delivered special delivery.

I've not tried them with bees yet, but I look forward to giving them a write up. In my living room they seem more than fine and by far the best suits I've had to date. The micro fibre suit I'm pretty sure I wouldn't use on hives I think will sting me, it's like a light waterproof, but i think they're great suits from what I've seen of them so far.

As a company, massive thumbs up for customer service.

[Neils]

Late update. The Bee basics suits are great but don't put the hoods thought the washing machine. The suits are brilliant, but i couldnt get the hood off so stuck it in the washing machine; big mistake, holes and tears all over the place.

[Rosie]

Nellie

The Bee Baisc hoods usually come off easily. People often don't realise that there is only one zip and both sliders come off the same end as in the case of some coats that open from the bottom as well as the top.

In fact most European bee suits seem to work the same way.

Steve

[Neils]

Believe me I tried to take it off. You'd think a zip would be relatively easy to work out . After 10 minutes I gave up and shoved the lot in the washing machine. Won't be doing that again ruined a perfectly good suit.